RufusATL
@rufusatl.bsky.social
Proprietor of fresh minds - University System of Georgia - Prof
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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NEWS: Bill Clinton is demanding full transparency from the Trump DOJ on the Epstein files.
Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected.
He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.
Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected.
He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEWS: Bill Clinton is demanding full transparency from the Trump DOJ on the Epstein files.
Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected.
He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.
Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected.
He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.
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wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
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The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funds from the Smithsonian if it did not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review.
President Trump is set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the museum system.
President Trump is set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the museum system.
White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review
It is not clear on what authority the administration could withhold Smithsonian funds, as President Trump tries to purge “woke” content from cultural institutions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funds from the Smithsonian if it did not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review.
President Trump is set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the museum system.
President Trump is set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the museum system.
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“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil.”
— President of Colombia Gustavo Petro
— President of Colombia Gustavo Petro
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil.”
— President of Colombia Gustavo Petro
— President of Colombia Gustavo Petro
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WELKER: Why didn't the DOJ meet the Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files?
BLANCHE: It's very simple and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims.
BLANCHE: It's very simple and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims.
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
WELKER: Why didn't the DOJ meet the Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files?
BLANCHE: It's very simple and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims.
BLANCHE: It's very simple and very clear. The statute also requires us to protect victims.
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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Authoritarianism isn’t subtle. It’s a president joking about paying himself $1 billion from the public treasury and expecting subordinates to make it happen.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Brags About Suing the Government and Declares, ‘I Hereby Give Myself $1 Billion’
Speaking at a rally on Friday night, President Donald Trump bragged about his demand that the U.S. government give him a huge payout, and said he would be the ultimate arbiter of whether he will recei...
www.mediaite.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Authoritarianism isn’t subtle. It’s a president joking about paying himself $1 billion from the public treasury and expecting subordinates to make it happen.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
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BREAKING: This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has reportedly now been removed from the DOJ release, per Oversight Dems.
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
BREAKING: This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has reportedly now been removed from the DOJ release, per Oversight Dems.
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The Redacted States of America
December 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Redacted States of America
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Podcaster beaten to the punch by Reddit. Brutal.
Had missed that a Reddit commenter actually had the info that was needed to find the shooter.
newrepublic.com/post/204650/...
newrepublic.com/post/204650/...
Kash Patel Under Fire After Reddit Post Finds Brown Shooting Suspect
The case bungled by the FBI director was only solved thanks to a Reddit user.
newrepublic.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Podcaster beaten to the punch by Reddit. Brutal.
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‘I have a female for him’
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
‘I have a female for him’
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The American response to mass shooting was to argue there were too many doors and that we must protect the innocent guns
Australia will launch a national gun buyback scheme following the mass shooting in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, as hundreds of surfers and swimmers paddled out at Bondi Beach to honor victims.
Australia announces sweeping gun buyback program as surfers honor Bondi victims
The massacre has prompted a national reckoning about antisemitism and questions about whether the country’s leaders took seriously enough the threat to Australian Jews.
nbcnews.to
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The American response to mass shooting was to argue there were too many doors and that we must protect the innocent guns
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‘Like Maga disciples’: meet the Trump envoys raising eyebrows in Europe
‘Like Maga disciples’: meet the Trump envoys raising eyebrows in Europe
US president has been blatant in his appointment of relatives, close friends and big donors – almost none of whom have diplomatic experience
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘Like Maga disciples’: meet the Trump envoys raising eyebrows in Europe
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Gift article.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u... Liar, liar; pants on fire.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u... Liar, liar; pants on fire.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Gift article.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u... Liar, liar; pants on fire.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u... Liar, liar; pants on fire.
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He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
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New attack on immigrants: the Trump administration is demanding that Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices start drumming up “100-200 denaturalization cases per month.”
Normally a naturalized citizen cannot be stripped of citizenship unless they committed fraud on their application. 🎁
Normally a naturalized citizen cannot be stripped of citizenship unless they committed fraud on their application. 🎁
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
New attack on immigrants: the Trump administration is demanding that Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices start drumming up “100-200 denaturalization cases per month.”
Normally a naturalized citizen cannot be stripped of citizenship unless they committed fraud on their application. 🎁
Normally a naturalized citizen cannot be stripped of citizenship unless they committed fraud on their application. 🎁
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This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.
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Chris Whipple responded to WH claims that his interview with Wiles was a “hit piece”: “There isn’t a single fact or a single assertion that they’ve challenged in the piece,” he said. “…this is the ultimate non-denial denial.” The interview was recorded so they couldn’t deny what was recorded.
Vanity Fair writer hits out at criticism of Susie Wiles interview by the White House
Susie Wiles claimed in the Vanity Fair interview that Elon Musk uses ketamine and that Trump has the personality of an alcoholic
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Chris Whipple responded to WH claims that his interview with Wiles was a “hit piece”: “There isn’t a single fact or a single assertion that they’ve challenged in the piece,” he said. “…this is the ultimate non-denial denial.” The interview was recorded so they couldn’t deny what was recorded.
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This piece by @jamellebouie.net is so good: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This piece by @jamellebouie.net is so good: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
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Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
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The VF profile notes Wiles was incorrect about violent Jan. 6 defendants receiving greater-than-recommended sentences, but it doesn’t capture how wildly off base she was. I don’t think there was a single above-guidelines sentence given in a J6 felony case. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The VF profile notes Wiles was incorrect about violent Jan. 6 defendants receiving greater-than-recommended sentences, but it doesn’t capture how wildly off base she was. I don’t think there was a single above-guidelines sentence given in a J6 felony case. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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This is just one example, but this story is the perfect example of why mediocre white guys are against DEI and this is the “American Dream” they’re trying to preserve. This is the “western culture” they want to protect, and anti-discrimination laws and policies destroy that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is just one example, but this story is the perfect example of why mediocre white guys are against DEI and this is the “American Dream” they’re trying to preserve. This is the “western culture” they want to protect, and anti-discrimination laws and policies destroy that.
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He’s always working hard for the peasants.
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
He’s always working hard for the peasants.